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When the flood tide rippled about the wreck it was obvious the pump was getting the water down.
"That one pump has brought the water down more than two inches; and, in my judgment, the two together would clear her entirely."
And they would have some way of pouring the water down in a bag or something underneath their uniforms so that it would look like they could drink four or five gallons.
While some were pouring water down his nose and throat, others spilled hot wax on his face and head.
He's tumbled the bank into the creek and sent the back water down here just to wash out our race.
Clair was holding him up, and Colonel Talbot was trying to pour strong waters down his throat.
Don Luis turned round and saw the sweat pouring like gleaming water down his face and neck, while he shook with fever and anguish.
He looked therefore, and looked again, even till the springs that were in his head sent the waters down his cheeks.
When a boy swears, if he is a "scout," the other "scouts" pour a cup of cold water down the offender's sleeve or back, for each offense.
"Yes," replied the pilot, pointing under the bridge, where the river dashed its foaming waters down a long reach of half-exposed rocks.
We'll pour the water down, under the ground where the rabbit is, and that will make him come out, and we'll eat him.
There was a halt; a man with a kindly face took my head in the hollow of his arm, whilst another poured water down my throat.
Where we meet depends on the temperature; for we can choose any temperature we want, from boiling water down, which is convenient.
Then the pump could fill the tank, and the tank, in turn, could let the water down into the sink whenever needed.
While they talked they passed through the brown woods and came to the creek, flowing with a fine volume of water down from the mountains into one of the rivers of the valley.
When you tread water you force the water down with your hands and feet and so send your body, or keep it, up.
They set the food and water down and filed out one by one, the last one guarding the retreat of all the rest and slipping out backward, pulling the door shut after her.
Their creeds and dogmas have been watered down, and in certain instances ignored and discarded.
He turned away and walked down the grade apart from them, hardly seeing what lay before him, hardly hearing the rush of the waters down the canyon.
He raised his aching eyes and saw the clouds parting; he heard the rising wind complaining in the tall trees and shaking the water down upon him.
These two exits were, however, not enough to keep the water down, so rapid was the flow from the hills to swell the stream, and the water in the great pool still rose.
She seemed much concerned at seeing the condition in which poor Percy lay, and placing herself by his side, she fanned his face, while Denis poured the water down his throat.
I partly accomplished the task by sending hands into the tops with buckets, who dashed the water down in every direction.
They poured some water down the throat of one; he gave one gasp, and then sank back, apparently lifeless.
They examined his head, and finding where he had been struck, bathed the place with water, and they also poured a few drops of water down his throat.
My first care was to pour some water down his throat, then to bathe his temples; to treat him, indeed, as I had Natty under similar circumstances.
Telling Mango to stop, we bathed his temples, and I poured a few drops of water down his throat.
The fact is that the world has a few vigorous, decided, elementary things that absolutely decline to be modified or watered down.
The hatch was again closed, and holes were cut in the deck to pass the water down; but the seat of the fire could not be reached.
I perceived my error, and had recourse to another vase of flowers, pouring a large quantity of the green water down her throat.
The old fellows will not open out at once; their memories are like wells, you must throw a little water down at first before you can get them to draw.
He had strength to point to his lips, and Tom, kneeling by his side, poured some water down his throat.
They then pour the water down the hole, either drowning the creature or compelling him to come out.
The fact that there is no house to break the strength of the deck will make us feel safer in case great seas thunder their tons of water down on board.
He said, trying to draw his head away from the sponge that was dripping water down his throat.
Well, I'll finish the job, and turn the water down the ditches, and that's all I have to do.
She had her way, and accompanied them to the field, watching the turning of the water down the rows, the careful adjustment of its flow, and the progress of the streams.
I looked at the poor mate, and tried to pour some water down his throat, but it was of no use, he was really dead.
The flare of an occasional oil lamp swung out high at the end of its lever showed her the way, and showed her, too, the rush of the yellow water down the middle channel of the street.
"And while you were discussing methods of helping the unfortunate, I was rescuing one from the water down at Long Wharf."
The story of how Brother Rabbit drove all the other animals out of the new house they had built, by firing a cannon and pouring a tub of water down the stairway, has its variant in Demerara.
Boil in two gallons of water down to one, then press the strength out of the bark and roots and boil the liquid down to one-half gallon.
In a few minutes he was able to pour water down the chimney itself, and soon afterwards the whole affair was at an end.
"We heard running water down below, too," was Dick's contribution to the general information.
When he came to, the King was pouring a jug of water down his neck and murmuring rough words of comfort in his ear.
We dare not water down the force of such a description till the words mean practically nothing.
It is usually sufficient to dig out the spring to a depth of four or five feet, and with a pump it is possible to keep the water down, so that the concrete walls may be laid.
Then their two hearts and souls rushed together like two streams of water down an inclined plane.
This will be assisted by pouring small quantities of oil and water down the animal's throat.
Then a mightier roar, as the mountain-high sea, held back so long by the invisible ray, poured its countless millions of tons of deep green water down into the man-made hole.
We've been piping a lot of water down the line and so far, they've been able to meet demands.
A layer half an inch thick when the fruit is swelling should be given two or three times, and be watered down with a fine rose.
We tore away the web and the door from one of the nests, and then poured water down the hole.
Say, Dot, there are lots of logs lying almost in the water down there by that crooked tree.
I intend to find some bamboo, split it, make some troughs, and bring water down here from the spring.
I then thought that it would be better to pour the manure water down upon the tank covers, which I have done since.
Perhaps it will be a good plan to pass a few buckets of water down also, in case they make it too hot for us to come up and fetch it.
"There's a rocky bowl full of mounting water down there, where ye can wash," he said, pointing.
If they were confined during the voyage they would starve to death, and if the Crusoe men raised the hatch to pass provisions and water down to them, the robbers might use their revolvers.
I have several times followed a line of water down to the shore, being rowed out in the bay, and found the water boiling up mixed with land weeds.
Dick was not unlike Andrew, but it was as if his cousin's prominent characteristics had been watered down.
By pouring a little brandy and water down his throat, he in a short time recovered altogether.
To hear the splash of water down under the two feet of ice and snow that sealed the meadow like a sheet of steel!
The water was dirty, and used anyhow, and if a lump got a bit stiff it was rolled over, broken up in the trench and watered down below.
Asks Mona, still with her knees in her embrace, and without lifting her eyes from the quiet waters down below.
At times an elephant sneaked through the back door and blew a barrel of water down the preacher's back.
None had ever been tried in our courts for withholding and purposely stopping the natural flow of water down stream.
I'm not one for forcing buckets of water down any horse's throat, but unless you take him to the water he can't drink if he would.
Denver had just learned that Cherry Creek sometimes carried a great deal of water down to the Platte River, and that it wasn't wise to build in its bed.
And as she put the book down to look out of the window, I saw with a thrill that trickled like warm water down my spine that her book was "The Maneuvers of Arthur."
You have not enough air and water down here, and you don't make the best use of what you have.
There was now only open sea in front of them, and he had seen that the big pump could keep the water down.
He looked, therefore, and looked again, even till the springs that were in his head sent the water down his cheeks.
It is easily captured by pouring two or three buckets of water down the hole, when it emerges looking somewhat like a half-drowned rat.
It will be noted that there is, as regards the general responsibility under the Treaty, some watering down.
The cool breeze restored him, and when we forced some water down his throat he began to show signs of life.
Immediately pour the hot water down the sink drain, turn on the cold water to flush away the odor, and fill the kettle with cold water.
We did not let them know about those underground, but I managed to send food, news, and water down as usual, also some hot cocoa at night.
The nightly rush of water down the sloping sides of the mountain made it undesirable for the site of an ant colony.
Then, returning to the head of the stairs, he splashed some water down into the cloud of plaster dust.
At Pleasant Valley they have brought water down from the mountains and made gardens that are a delight to the eye and mind.
From there the trail followed the edge of the open water down past the last of the falls, and then showed plain on the frozen river as far as we could see.
There was no snow on this, but the melting of the snow above made the rocks we had to take hold of so wet that we often got a stream of water down our arms and necks.
Their love is not love watered down to coolness, but love for all raised to the heat of the highest particular loves of smaller souls.
This watering down may have taken place also in other tales which appear to us without any sense.
I took my flask from my pocket and bathed my wife's forehead, and poured a few drops of brandy and water down her throat, and I was presently relieved by seeing her eyes open.
The dealer of live red crabs attracts a crowd, and the crabs crawl up the sides of his cage as he pours water down on their backs.
There, I have sent some water down his throat, and in a little time he will be better and will be sensible.
One of the advantages of this system is that dirt drawn up by the suction fan can be carried away with the water down the kitchen drain.
No one was to throw water or anything else out of the windows, but was to bring the water down and pour it into the street.
"The rule is," the second voice went on, "as soon as the body shows signs of life, snaps its eyes, and breathes, to pour a little brandy and water down."
On account of the shallow water, level pumps were resorted to at once, often two or three being necessary to keep the water down.
Whenever a halt is called, I remain standing, not daring even to raise an arm lest the penalty be still more water down my back.
It is quite incapable of natural explanation, and can only be accounted for on some theory of design such as lines of communication, or canals conducting water down the latitudes for distribution.
Two of the enemy's mines were destroyed with their own powder, and one by pouring a quantity of water down it; so they are paid off for the morning.
He's laid pipes to bring the water down here, and now he's turned the whole house into a mill.
He is bringing the water down from the Andes; and it is just about like those strong shoulders and that good head to restore the land of the Incas.
We could get no water down the well on account of the strong flow of gas, so we could make no further progress with the drill in this hard cutting.
She moved her head to say yes, and I poured a few drops of water down her throat, but she could not swallow them.
A dense smoke was rising from the hold, and the pirates were throwing buckets of water down into it.